Job Title: Electrical Maintenance Engineer
Location: Newton Aycliffe
Salary:
Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Benefits:
- Competitive salary package
- Career progression opportunities
- Ongoing technical training & development
- Involvement in continuous improvement projects
- Collaborative engineering environment
- Exposure to cutting-edge automated manufacturing technology
- Pension & holiday allowance
- Employee wellbeing support
The Company:
Our client is a highly innovative and fast-growing advanced manufacturing business, operating at the forefront of precision engineering and automated production technology. Known for investing in both people and plant, they offer engineers the opportunity to work with highly specialised machinery, robotics, PLC systems, and modern maintenance strategies in a forward-thinking environment.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a company that genuinely values continuous improvement, innovation, teamwork, and professional development.
Working Hours:
Day Shift, Monday to Friday
Benefits:
This role offers the chance to work within a business that actively promotes:
- Technical upskilling
- Leadership development
- Cross-functional project involvement
- Continuous improvement ownership
- Long-term career stability
Job Description:
As a Maintenance Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring plant machinery and production equipment operates efficiently with minimal downtime while maintaining the highest safety and quality standards.
Working closely with Production, Engineering, and Operations teams, your responsibilities will include:
- Carrying out mechanical and electrical fault finding, repair, and preventative maintenance
- Supporting robotics maintenance and programming
- Creating and modifying PLC programs
- Reviewing maintenance data to identify recurring faults and implement corrective actions
- Driving root cause analysis (RCA) and long-term reliability improvements
- Managing critical spare parts and identifying stock gaps
- Improving PM schedules and condition-based monitoring processes
- Supporting FAT/SAT activities with suppliers and equipment designers
- Leading and supporting continuous improvement initiatives
- Producing maintenance procedures and work instructions
- Supporting audits and compliance activities
- Deputising for the manager when required
This is a highly visible engineering role with real influence across plant performance and operational efficiency.
Skills & Experience:
To be successful in this role, you should have:
Essential:
- Strong leadership skills and previous team support experience
- Full competency in mechanical and electrical maintenance
- Proven fault-finding and schematic interpretation ability
- Experience with robotics maintenance and programming
- PLC programming and modification skills
- Ability to prioritise multiple engineering tasks effectively
- Relevant engineering qualification – Time Served Apprenticeship
- Small project management experience
Desirable:
- Experience with cleanroom or specialist process equipment
- Knowledge of pressure systems and controllers
- Familiarity with calibration equipment such as DMMs and PSUs
- Laser welding or laser trim knowledge
- Exposure to advanced manufacturing environments
Why Should You Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity for a driven Maintenance Engineer who wants more than just reactive maintenance.
You’ll join a business where you can:
- Work on advanced automation, robotics, and PLC systems
- Influence machinery reliability strategy
- Lead meaningful improvement projects
- Develop leadership capability
- Progress your engineering career in a technically advanced environment
- Be part of a company that values innovation and ownership
If you’re looking for a role where your technical expertise can genuinely make an impact, this position offers challenge, progression, and long-term opportunity.
